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HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Does the Minister accept that the legal position she is spelling out and the reality in practice are totally different? They are barely nodding acquaintances. Is she saying that…08 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)The hon. Lady is talking about emissions targets, which are very laudable, but would we not be applying a much stronger emissions reduction approach to fishing than to any other…08 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)It is a pleasure to see you in your place this afternoon, Sir Charles. As much as I can see what the hon. Member for Barnsley East is trying to do in proposing this amendment…08 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I congratulate the right hon. Gentleman. That has taken an awful lot longer than I imagined it would. I was primed for that one at 9.35 am morning. Obviously, clearly not, but I…08 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)Does the hon. Gentleman accept the premise that the Secretary of State is also the person who is politically in charge of English fishing, and that there would be a potential…08 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)On a point of clarification, amendment 76, to which the hon. Gentleman was referring, is about the elimination of incidental catches in all circumstances. Anyone who has been a…08 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)It is a pleasure, as always, to see you in your place, Mr McCabe, as well as the hon. Member for Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport. It is a pleasure to get the band back together,…08 Sept 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Future UK-EU RelationshipIt is an experience to follow the hon. Member for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (John Lamont), with his typical hysterical and emotion-filled contribution. I will resist the…15 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Future UK-EU RelationshipNo, thank you. The Government’s insane, narrow British nationalism may well involve driving the UK off a cliff and seeing what emerges from the wreckage. I suppose that in that…15 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Future UK-EU RelationshipI thank my right hon. Friend for that intervention, and I absolutely agree. Numerous opinion polls since the referendum of 2016 have shown that the desire of Scots to remain in…15 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Future UK-EU RelationshipI will give way in a moment, but first I will thank my right hon. Friend for the thoughtful way in which he opened the debate. He laid out clearly why we believe that it is the…15 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Future UK-EU RelationshipI respectfully say to the hon. Gentleman that democracy is a constantly evolving process—it is not a one-off event. I know that this will be a problem for many Government Members,…15 Jul 2020HANSARDSale of Arms: War in YemenLast week, the Foreign Secretary revealed a new and seemingly ethical dimension to the UK’s foreign policy, yet within 48 hours we were back selling arms to Saudi Arabia and this…13 Jul 2020HANSARDBahrain: Prisoners Under Sentence of DeathAs the SNP spokesperson on international human rights and as chair of the all-party parliamentary group on democracy and human rights in the Gulf, I congratulate the hon. Member…09 Jul 2020HANSARDEconomic UpdateAlthough I welcome the temporary reduction in VAT, it does not go nearly far enough to help the tourism and hospitality businesses in my already economically fragile Argyll and…08 Jul 2020HANSARDGlobal Human Rights Sanctions RegimeCan the Foreign Secretary assure the House that the application of the sanctions regime will be transparently even-handed and will not be blind to human rights abuses carried out…06 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Economic RecoveryYesterday, I met the Argyll and Bute climate change group, which is dismayed by the recent report showing that the UK Government have missed almost all their own climate change…02 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Economic RecoveryWhat recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the Government’s plans to support economic recovery from the covid-19 outbreak.02 Jul 2020HANSARD Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillVery briefly, I thank all Members who have contributed to the debate. I thank Robert McGeachy of Camphill Scotland on a personal level for all the help he has given me, and I…30 Jun 2020HANSARD Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillI beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.30 Jun 2020